As far as I know it cannot be done from the GitHub UI. You need to do it via your own local copy (of your fork).
Have a look in the NetBeans wiki: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=74681408#SubmittingPullRequestonApacheNetBeans-KeepingyourownforkinsyncwithApacheGitHubrepo Once you get the hang of it is it takes less than 1 min. The problem is that this is something you do infrequently so you tend to forget the steps involved. :-) On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 8:06 AM Jan Lahoda <lah...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Not sure what the best practices are, but what I do: > -I have two remotes configured for my local clone, "apache/netbeans" (e.g. > named "apache" or "origin") and "jlahoda/netbeans" (e.g. named "github") - > see "git remote", in particular "git remote add <name> <url>" > -I update my local master from apache/netbeans (e.g. git checkout master && > git pull apache master). > -when I want to start a feature branch, I update my local master, and > branch from it, and then (after commit, etc.) simply push the branch to my > github repository. Updating the master on my github fork is not necessary > for this to work. Pull requests from the feature branches should work even > if your master is not updated. (AFAIK, a branch in git is only a named > pointer to a changeset, so "master" is just a "symlink" to a changeset. > Pushing a branch will push all necessary changesets, so updating the master > "symlink" is not necessary.) > > If I want to sync the master branch on my github with apache/netbeans, I > simply update my local master and then push the master to my github (e.g. > git push github master). > > Alternatively, you can create a pull request from master on apache/netbeans > into the master on your fork, but feels like more manual work that just > pull and push. > > Jan > > > On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 12:17 AM Ernie Rael <err...@raelity.com> wrote: > > > I've got a fork from a couple months ago. I want to use it again and > > there's lot's of commits. I've been pulling from upstream, now I want to > > look at doing some more pull requests. Is there a way with the github > > web interface to ask it to pull from master, or otherwise update to master? > > > > If not, is it best practice to delete and recreate the fork. Or push > > from my local to the fork? > > > > -ernie > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
